Thursday, March 16, 2006

My First Mini-Sketch Crawl

After learning that Laura lived nearby (YEAH!!) we arranged to meet at the JC Raulston Arboretum today for a mini-sketch crawl (MY VERY FIRST!). What a DELIGHT to finally meet the beautiful woman behind the artwork I drool over!

We found a quiet spot and sketched while we chatted. Laura's painting of the area is INCREDIBLE! The sketch I did of ONE of the twisted wisterias looks as though it were on a diet! The tree I sketched (hackberry with partial vine covering a bit of branching) is the large one toward the background of Laura's row of wisterias.

Oh, that sounds like fun.I'm envious, too.I don't know anyone else in my area to sketchcrawl with.I tried it alone in a mall food court, but I was so nervous, I couldn't even draw.(I guess I was afraid someone would say."what are you drawing?"...and discover I wasn't too good at it!